A Wisconsin man was arrested earlier this week after he allegedly stabbed his girlfriend and then took a shower before calling 911.
Kevin A. Fischer is charged with attempted murder, use of a dangerous weapon, and domestic abuse, according to a criminal complaint filed on Monday.
The complaint says that Fischer himself called 911 just before 3:30 a.m. on Sunday, telling dispatchers that he and his fiancee got into an argument and that “I tried killing her, she’s bleeding really bad because I stabbed her.”
He further told the dispatcher that he didn’t really want her to die. The victim could be heard in the background of the call saying she was in pain, and Fischer told her he was sorry but “she did him wrong.”
“The defendant further stated thatt he covered VICTIM up, that they were arguing, he was a dumbass, and was not thinking and ‘did it.’” He further said he took a shower after covering his bleeding girlfriend but now felt “really sorry.”
“I love her and hate her at the same time,” he said, “but I don’t want her to die.”
Officers had to break the glass at the locked front security door when they arrived so they could get in. Fischer ultimately let them in, and they smelled “intoxicants coming from the defendant,” who was sobbing so uncontrollably they could barely understand him.
The officers found the wounded woman in a back bedroom with a pile of bloodied blankets over her abdomen. A bloody knife was on the bed. The officers observed cuts to the woman’s hip, thigh/knee, and abdomen, which had “caused her small intestine to rupture out of her abdomen and pile on top of her stomach.”
On the way to the hospital, the victim provided a statement to an officer who rode with her. She said she had been with Fischer all day and that he began drinking at about noon. She said she was not drinking and later went to pick up dinner, and then Fischer’s sister came over for board games. Fischer continued to drink, she said, and after the sister left, she told him she was tired and wanted to go to bed.
At that point, she said, he told her he was going to kill her and attacked with the knife. The victim said she had no idea why Fischer turned murderous, saying the attack seemed to come from nowhere. She also said she had little knowledge of what happened between midnight, when his sister left, and 3 a.m.
The victim was rushed into surgery when they arrived at the hospital. Doctors said the surgery was successful, but they had to remove a portion of her intestine.
Back at the residence, officers recovered bloody clothing and a second knife underneath the bed.
Fischer is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on April 2, according to the Washington County Insider. He’s being held on a $500,000 bond.
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[Featured image: Kevin Fischer/Washington County Sheriff’s Office]
